re: Pet Sounds was complete garbage, fight me

Posted by SUB

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Posted on 12/18/20 at 3:49 pm to OWLFAN86

Pet Sounds is a top 10 album of the 20th Century, at least for Rock. It's fantastic. Smile is also up there.

I can understand criticizing their earlier works - the surf pop stuff. But Pet Sounds was a huge departure from their surf music. If only Brian Wilson could have kept it together longer, we would have seen a more robust Beach Boys catalogue after Pet Sounds (and SMiLE).

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Posted by hogcard1964

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Posted on 12/18/20 at 5:23 pm to OWLFAN86

I agree

The album was/is vastly overrated.

Posted by 88Wildcat

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Posted on 12/18/20 at 7:27 pm to OWLFAN86

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Pet Sounds was complete garbage, fight me

I just wasn't made for these times.

Posted by contraryman

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Posted on 12/18/20 at 7:54 pm to 88Wildcat

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Certainly not something I would just listen to. I like the Kokomo song but that’s really about it. I guess if I was on a beach somewhere and the had it on in the background at a restaurant it would be fine.

Might be the most immature take I have ever read. Pet Sounds is one of the best works by an American composer ever.

Posted by JackieTreehorn

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Posted on 12/19/20 at 5:38 pm to OWLFAN86

Some baws are too baw to allow Pet Sounds to affect them. My Dad gave it to me when I turned 13 and it changed my life. No kidding.

Posted by DavidTheGnome

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Posted on 12/19/20 at 8:54 pm to contraryman

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Might be the most immature take I have ever read. Pet Sounds is one of the best works by an American composer ever.

Posted by redfish99

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Posted on 12/19/20 at 11:02 pm to OWLFAN86

So you watched the Doc about the Canyon........ yea it wasn’t good.

Posted by RedHawk

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Posted on 12/21/20 at 11:14 am to SUB

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If only Brian Wilson could have kept it together longer, we would have seen a more robust Beach Boys catalogue after Pet Sounds (and SMiLE).

But they did keep it together. I love Wild Honey, 20/20, Friends, Surfs Up, Holland and Sunflower. They are all great records.

Posted by SUB

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Posted on 12/21/20 at 12:51 pm to RedHawk

I mean Brian Wilson, as a person keeping it together. He was mostly absent in those later albums, which were good, but imagine what could have been if he would have been healthy enough to at least do most of the writing.

Posted by FightinTigersDammit

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Posted on 12/21/20 at 4:45 pm to OWLFAN86

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OWLFAN86

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fight me

Tempting, but I don't fight cripples.

Posted by RedHawk

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Posted on 12/22/20 at 2:13 pm to SUB

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I mean Brian Wilson, as a person keeping it together. He was mostly absent in those later albums, which were good, but imagine what could have been if he would have been healthy enough to at least do most of the writing.

I would say he was mostly there for Wild Honey and Friends. Then for 20/20, Sunflower, and Surf's Up he still contributed a lot. But he was mostly non-existent for Carl and the Passions and Holland. Holland to me is maybe my 2nd favorite BB album though.

Then he came back and made Love You, which is another great album. But after Love You is was basically all over.